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ArticleLiberation Struggle in South Africa
… Although Apartheid only ‘officially’ started in 1948, repression was …
South Africa’s policy towards Zimbabwe: synopsis by Thabo Mbeki 22 February 2016
… Gqabi, who was later murdered in Harare by agents of the apartheid regime, served as our public Chief Representative, … In 1990 as we began our negotiations…
Address by ANC President Jacob Zuma to ANC National General Council fundraising dinner at Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre, 19 September 2010, Durban
… which is to be tabled with those of other countries at the UN MDG Review High Level Plenary Meeting clearly shows that …
PlaceSierra Leone
… 50,000 people dead after the decade-long civil war. The UN installed a large peacekeeping force and shortly after, … https://peacekeeping.un.org/sites…
”Policy of the Congress Youth League.” Article by A. M. Lembede, in May 1946
… they will be in a position to pilot their own ship and, unhampered, work toward their own destiny and, without …
ArticleArts and Cultural Organisations
… of the NIHSS, on researching the role of the arts under apartheid. We hope that our work will encourage individuals … both of the archive as well as personal…
ArticleSophiatown Timeline
… Eiselen is made Secretary of Native Affairs. 1950-52 Six apartheid laws are passed: the Group Areas Act (1950), the … to Meadowlands. The “Defiance Campaign”…
South African Government of National Unity (GNU) – 1994 – 1999
… to ensure inclusivity during the transition period from apartheid to democracy , 1990 - 1994. The mission of the … violations and atrocities had been…
Article1949 Anti Indian Pogrom in Durban
… and Whites went to prison in opposition to the policies of apartheid and segregation. The meeting of the National Joint … While the Native Representative…
ArticleLiberation history Timeline 1940-1949
… seized power and began to set in motion plans to implement apartheid. 1940 Electoral Laws Amendment Act of 1940 is … to come into contact with the Indian…
Liberation
… to know. We are the people who have borne the brunt of apartheid, of forced removals from our homes, of poverty in … in 1994.) The challenge to undo…
ArticleCustomary Law in South Africa: Historical Development as a Legal System and its Relation to Women’s Rights by Devon Wall
… focusing on three historical periods: colonialism, the apartheid era of segregation, and after democratization. The … settlers and their administrations,…
Increasing repression and the turn to the armed struggle
… the 1950s as it sought to deal with dissent and entrench apartheid. Leading political activists were forced operate … broken. A new approach for confronting…
Last of The Gandhians in South Africa
… the African majority. He continued non-violent defiance of apartheid until his death in 1969, long after most militants … become convinced that underground…
ArchiveBiography of Nawal El Saadawi by Sierra Hussey
… other Arab states scorned Egypt for relying too heavily on UN support for protection. Because of this, Nasser demanded the UN leave their border to appease…
ArticleThe Drafting and Acceptance of the Constitution
… of the political system, was radically transformed as the apartheid-based constitutional system was restructured during … the early 1990s. Nevertheless, many…
ArticleA history of prison labour in South Africa
… general. This favoured his eventual rehabilitation. Under apartheid, thousands of black prisoners, and those who had … of 1959 , was introduced which was…
ArticleFreedom Charter timeline 1948-1961
… up its election victory with the introduction of new apartheid laws as well as the stricter application of … Council (made up of representatives from all the…
ArticleThe Society of Young Africa (SOYA)
… Africans and other race groups in the struggle against apartheid. The banning of the ANC and PAC in 1960 forced the … armed struggle, abandoning peaceful…
Why have so many major South African films featured non South Africans in the starring roles?
… Sarandon. It is interesting to note that most of the anti-apartheid films using foreign actors have been commercial …
History of the Labour Movements in South Africa
… and the economic, political and social legacies of apartheid. …
ArticleConference: One Hundred Years of the ANC - Debating Liberation Histories and Democracy Today
… conference namely; "The Final Prize, My life in the Anti Apartheid Struggle" by Norman Levy and "Alex Hepple South …
ArticleThe Empty Land Myth
… land became particularly destructive in the hands of the Apartheid Government. The Apartheid Government used this myth as a justification for … they only…
EventWalter Sisulu celebrates 90th birthday
… hard against racism and prejudice, moving in and out of apartheid prisons, travelling the world and in 1992 was … of the United Nations through his 1952…
ArticleSouth African Coloured Peoples Organisation (SACPO)
… prior to the introduction and institutionalisation of the Apartheid policy by the NP. Legislations that had an … another direction in the 1950s. Before the…
ArticleYouth and the National Liberation Struggle
… massacre. And during the next decade and a half, the Apartheid government continued to tighten legislation as part … were becoming increasingly radical and…
Imvaba Arts Association
… and under the State of Emergency. Imvaba resisted the Apartheid regime through visual arts and creative writing, as …
ArticleBlack Women’s Federation
… that was to be held by the federation and other anti-apartheid organisations in Durban in protest of Meer's …
ArticleSouth Africa - First 20 Years of Democracy (1994 - 2014)
… for the first time on 27 April 1994 to mark the end of apartheid rule and establish a new Constitutional order. This …
ArticleCongress of South African Students (COSAS)
… the Black Consciousness (BC) movement were banned by the apartheid government. COSAS organized students at secondary … the transfer of Mathew Goniwe , a…